Our Leadership

Office of the President

Katherine A. W. McGrady, Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Kim Deal, Ph.D.

Chief Research Officer

Christine Peterson

Chief Financial Officer

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Board Secretary

Cherie Rosenblum

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Executive Director of the CNA military Advisory Board

Chief Information Officer

Vice President and Chief People Officer

Center for Naval Analyses

Andrew S. Mara, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President, Center for Naval Analyses

David M. Finkelstein, Ph.D.

Vice President and Director, China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division

Jeffery M. Peterson

Vice President and Director, Resources and Force Readiness Division

Jason E. Thomas, Ph.D.

Vice President and Director, Operational Warfighting Division, Director, Operations Evaluation Group

Joseph M. Tonon

Vice President and Director, Strategy, Policy, Plans, and Programs Division

Jonathan D. Geithner

Vice President and Director, Marine Corps Program

Vice President and Director, Data Science Division

Vice President and Director, Systems, Tactics, and Force Development Division

Institute for Public Research

Timothy L. Beres

Executive Vice President, Institute for Public Research

Joseph B. Butcher

Vice President, Business Development

David J. Kaufman

Vice President and Director, Safety and Security

Vice President and Director, Enterprise Systems Data Analysis

Board of Trustees

Roderick K. von Lipsey

Board Chair, Board of Trustees

Lieutenant General Robert R. Blackman, Jr., USMC (Ret.)

Vice Admiral William R. Burke, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Dennis Crall, USMC (ret.)

Admiral Craig Faller, USN (Ret.)

Professor Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Ph.D.

Vice Admiral David C. Johnson, USN (Ret.)

Katherine A.W. McGrady, Ph.D.

Vice Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, USCG (Ret.)

Ambassador Wanda Nesbitt

The Honorable Sarah Sewall, Ph.D.

Lieutenant General Nadja West, USA (Ret.)